Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-20
NASHVILLE AROUSED.
Tho Louisville and Nashville Railway In
torsstcd in 2. nKunicipaI Election.

Tho louisville and Nashville Railway In
crested in p municipal Election.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Sept. 19.-,Fhe city
is in q ferment over the presence of a
large number Of detectives suddenly
conferred htra, mainly from outside the
stste, snd supposedly in the interest Of
the Louisville and Nashville BaIway.
The people Of the country vote next
Thursday on proposition TO subscribe
100000 TO the Tennessee Midland Rail
way, which is to run from NJ mplis
through Nashville 10 Bristol, where it
connects with the Virgins Midland, thus
giving c competing Inc east. The
Louisville and Nashville has been
lighting the proposition aud it is
rumored that these detectives ere
here TO dog employees on election day
and see that they vote 1ilh their en-
ployers. They ere quarLercd at various
hotels and boarding houses. There is IN
tense feeling, particularly a8 among the
imported detectives are two named Laird
and Collier who were Indicted for murder
Of half a dozen people during the riots at
East st. Louis attending the great south
western strike.
| The American this morning says cdi-
torielIy: "The city Of Nashville has never
before had such en- insult ffered as that
| OF bringing on the eve Of election g gerg
OF notorious GespG7adoss known n ell
parts CT the United States es Pjnkert0n' Z
detectives. These men were brought
here by the Louisville aud Nashville Rail
way management to be used in the cleo
ton which it has undertskan TO defeat
saturday morning, through 4 i:ierd from
g distance, we we're put in posses
sion Ct lhe fact that &
large numoer of PinkeTtCn's detectives
had gone 10 Nashville. Putting oul
force 20 work we found that twenty had
already arrived and that many more were
expected. We also found that number
Of men sometimes called special sge4ts,
but really detectives of the Louisville anC
Nashville, were on the ground. VIVA
special purpose hese seCreG eRlfsSarie!
have been brought iuto cur city for g
this time may be easily CCLjactured
Whether brought here IS spies on GU
own people or to shadow the men whC
work for the Louisville and Nashville o
IS support to the Louisville and Nash
vile VINO under pratense Of work at tht
polls ere TO be used as poll EbUllies
, whether fer one or I'll Of these purpose
the oct is the most startling and dsnnsbl
outrage ever perpetrsted in Tennessee
, No language csn properly char
, acterize this indignity. The me
. brought here are not here O
supervisors Of en- election, they are her
in particular interest, right or wrong
and that to the point Of taking life il nee
essary. 1t would be an insult 20 our cit
zens 10 wsrn them Of their duty. a Lang
proportion of the men of Nashville WEI
l once soldiers, but more peacesble an
& law abiding set OF men can not be found
y yet their virtues in bearing and forbee
j icg seem 70 be Inexperienced. We C.
|. say one thing to this gang of spies, if the
d sre here on business connected with OF
: Thursday election they had better do Oh
e of the two things, enter disclsiner an
j. retire CT increase their force end go I'M
e camp"